{"id":1890,"date":"2007-01-12T06:09:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-12T06:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/01\/update-on-explosian-at-us-emba.html"},"modified":"2007-01-12T06:09:00","modified_gmt":"2007-01-12T06:09:00","slug":"update-on-explosian-at-us-emba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/01\/update-on-explosian-at-us-emba.html","title":{"rendered":"Update on Explosian at US Embassy in Athens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Turns out it was an <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20070112\/ap_on_re_eu\/greece_us_embassy\">anti-tank shell<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>An anti-tank shell was fired at the U.S. Embassy early Friday, striking the front of the building but causing no injuries. A senior police official said the blast was an act of terrorism, raising fears of a resurgence of far-left Greek militant groups.<br \/>\n[&#8230;]<br \/>\nInvestigators were examining what they believed was the device used to fire the rocket shell from a construction site near the embassy.<br \/>\n&#8220;This is an act of terrorism. We don&#8217;t know where from,&#8221; Attica Police Chief Asimakis Golfis said. &#8220;There was a shell that exploded in the toilets of the building &#8230; It was fired from street level.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"tag_list\">Tags: <span class=\"tags\"><a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/embassy\" rel=\"tag\">embassy<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Athens\" rel=\"tag\">Athens<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turns out it was an anti-tank shell: An anti-tank shell was fired at the U.S. Embassy early Friday, striking the front of the building but causing no injuries. 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